Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to form smaller polypeptide units.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The proteolytic ferment which is the active principle of the pancreatic fluid; pancreatine. It is active in neutral or alkaline solutions, and not only produces peptones from the proteid matter of the food, but further converts a portion of the peptones into leucin and tyrosin.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A proteolytic enzyme present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units
Etymologies
- Perhaps Greek trīpsis, a rubbing (from its having been first obtained by rubbing a pancreas with glycerin), from trībein, to rub; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots + -in.
Examples
“Ibrahim had shown that trypsin is not present till seven or eight months of intrauterine development.”
“The material may have come from a pig-derived enzyme called trypsin used early in development,”
“The proteins are chopped into smaller fragments using an enzyme called trypsin; these fragments are then vaporized, ionized, and shot through an electric field.”
“Furthermore, a known soy allergen called trypsin inhibitor was as much as 7 times higher in the toasted GM soy, compared to non-GMO soy!”
The Huffington Post: Jeffrey Smith: Biotech Propaganda Cooks Dangers Out of GM Potatoes
“You also have to eat alot of foods like sweet potatoes, which have a chemical called trypsin inhibitor in them.”
“Raw soybeans, however, contain a substance called a trypsin inhibitor.”
“Tomita uses a digestive enzyme called trypsin, along with a host of other chemicals, to break down the proteins and muscles, halting the process just at the moment they become transparent but before they lose their form.”
“Using techniques including atomic force microscopy and mass spectrometry, the team found that very similar enzymes, known as trypsin-like serine proteases, are at work in barnacle glue.”
“a product made from a transgenic plant-a protein called trypsin produced in corn kernels and sold to the pharmaceutical industry for mammalian cell culturing.”
“These inhibitors specifically block the action of trypsin which is unable to break down the inhibitors.”
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